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Altimeter Report Provides Facebook Page Guidelines, Benchmarks

Dave Fleet

In the latest of a series of practical and helpful resources for marketers, Altimeter Group has released a free report entitled The 8 Success Criteria for Facebook Page Marketing. The 8 Success Criteria For Facebook Page Marketing. Bolster your Facebook pages with applications from third parties.

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Do Facebook Fans Really “Like” You?

Dave Fleet

One of those touched on an interesting question: If someone “likes&# your company on Facebook but hasn’t tried your product, what is that worth? On one hand, you could point to reports showing a correlation between Facebook fans and higher spending on products they “like.&# Tags: facebook. What do you think?

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Weekly Reads: Facebook, Marketing Trends and Social Media’s Effect on Stereotypes

Dave Fleet

Facebook is at the centre this week – four of the seven articles incorporate the dominant social network – from conflict over Egypt, to UFC broadcasting fights, to creating an engagement guide for your organization. Wired: Trolls Pounce on Facebook’s Tahrir Square. Facebook as a battleground.

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Not your grandparents’ social: The ongoing evolution of social media

Dave Fleet

For most of the companies used to targeting millions of people in any given national market, the scale just wasn’t there to move the needle – and 20 likes on a Facebook post was meaningless to people looking at the bottom line. Several brands are also creating Facebook groups for their most passionate and valuable customers and partners.

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Time To Evolve How We Target Social Media?

Dave Fleet

“One in three of our target audience is using Facebook. So, we recommend creating a Facebook page for this program.&#. There are more Facebook accounts for Canadians aged 25-34 (according to Facebook’s ad creation tool ) than there are Canadians in that age group.

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Why Facebook’s Community Pages Could Give Brands Headaches

Dave Fleet

Her opening question went something like: “What the heck are Community Pages on Facebook, and why is there one for my company?&#. Facebook’s Community Pages are an initiative from Facebook to create “the best collection of shared knowledge&# on a wide variety topics. Groups – for communities of interest.

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Not your grandparents’ social: The ongoing evolution of social media

Dave Fleet

For most of the companies used to targeting millions of people in any given national market, the scale just wasn’t there to move the needle – and 20 likes on a Facebook post was meaningless to people looking at the bottom line. Several brands are also creating Facebook groups for their most passionate and valuable customers and partners.